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Peer reviewedBlack, Paul J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1994
The background of practice and ideology that led to the national curriculum and national assessment in England and Wales is traced, along with the development of national assessment policy. The breakdown, which has resulted in teachers who refuse to conduct the prescribed testing, is described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textGipps, Caroline – 1994
The United Kingdom has a history of performance assessment even for accountability purposes, as the public examinations (standardized achievement tests) at age 16 demonstrate. What the country does not have is a strong history in the area of equity. Debate and policy-making, when concerned at all, have been concentrated on equality of opportunity,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, British National Curriculum, Educational Assessment
